actually this may be exactly what i needed: http://www.hostip.info/
On Mar 25, 5:53 pm, nickmilon <nickmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > The best approach is to delegate the task to the client using > javascript and a geolocation service provided my google maps API as > Niklasrol above suggests, it is free for non-commercial use and the > most acurate method. > For an example you can take a look at my app > http://www.geognos.com/geo/en/cc/us.html > and select move map > my place from the drop box on top right for an > explanation take a look at page source and javascript. > > If you have to do it in the server you can use an API like maxminds as > Ulrich above is suggesting or you can build your own service on app > engine. > For an example of the later see > http://milon.appspot.com/stravon/db/cc/83.212.217.149 > and may be you read my remarks on this here in the following > threadhttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/... > > Happy coding ;) > > On Mar 25, 7:00 pm, Ulrich <mierendo...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Benjamin wrote: > > > Does anyone know a good way to get an approximate GPS coordinate > > > (Latitude and Longitude) when you have a users IP Address? > > > > When my users post to a web service i'm pretty sure i know their IP. > > > I'd like to get the Latitude and Longitude of the client based on that > > > like GEO IP does but from my system running on app engine. > > > Something likehttp://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-locationcouldhelp you. I > > would download the database and load it into the datastore. > > > -Ulrich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
